Tipping and balancing hay bale cart

摘要

A hand-operated hay bale cart has only two wheels connected in a laterally spaced-apart fashion to a generally rectangular handle frame. The handle frame is generally near the top, or above, the wheels, creating an open space beneath the frame and between the wheels for receiving a bale of animal feed. Pivotally supported by the handle frame is a securement rack that swings freely on a horizontal axis and includes a set of curved hooks at or near both the front and back of the securement rack. A hook handle operates the hooks to rotate relative to the rack to impale the hay bale. The securement rack, if it is allowed to rotate freely, including when it has impaled and secured a bale of hay, may balance the lifted bale of hay between the two wheels for convenient transport.

主权项

1. A bale-carrying cart comprising:
a frame having a generally rectangular front portion and a rearwardly-extending handle portion, the front portion having a horizontal axle near its front end; wheels supporting the frame above the ground; a securement rack pivotally connected to the horizontal axle on the front portion of the frame, the rack comprising a front set of hooks and a rear set of hooks, said front and rear sets of hooks being curved, pointed in the forward direction, and pivotal on said securement rack; and a handle system connected to said front and rear sets of hooks to actuate the sets of hooks to rotate downwardly and in the forward direction for impaling a bale of feed; wherein said securement rack comprises a rectangular rack frame with front member, rear member, two side members, a front rotating collar encircling said front member to which said front set of hooks is fixed, a rear rotating collar encircling said rear member to which said rear set of hooks is fixed, and a linking rod between said front rotating collar and said rear rotating collar, wherein said handle system comprises a rack-handle extending from the rear rotating collar, so that pulling the rack-handle rotates both the front rotating collar and the rear rotating collar for rotating the sets of hooks to impale a bale.